And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be shared by all of you.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
2:6
ተአክሎለዘከመዝዛቲተግሣጽእንተረከበቶእምብዙኃን።
這樣的人受了眾人的責罰也就夠了,
This punishment which was inflicted by the many is sufficient for such a one;
2:7
ወዓዲይደሉከመትስረዩሎቱወታስተፍሥሕዎከመኢይሠጠምእምብዝኀኀዘንዘከመዝ።
倒不如赦免他,安慰他,免得他憂愁太過,甚至沉淪了。
so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.
2:8
ወበእንተዝአስተበቍዐክሙአጽንዑተፋቅሮምስሌሁ።
所以我勸你們,要向他顯出堅定不移的愛心來。
Therefore I beg you to confirm your love toward him.
2:9
ወበእንተዝጸሐፍኩለክሙከመአእምርግዕዘክሙለእመሁበኵሉትትኤዘዙኒአውአልቦ።
為此我先前也寫信給你們,要試驗你們,看你們凡事順從不順從。
For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.
Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
2:11
ከመኢይትዐገለነሰይጣንእስመአኮዘንስሕቶኅሊናሁ።
免得撒但趁着機會勝過我們,因我們並非不曉得他的詭計。
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
2:12
ወበጺሕየጢሮአዳውስተትምህርቱለክርስቶስተከሥተሊተፍኖተእግዚአብሔር።
我從前為基督的福音到了特羅亞,主也給我開了門。
Now when I came to Troas for the Good News of Christ, and when a door was opened to me in the Lord,